WATERVILLE, Maine -- Colby College men's tennis player Vlad Murad (Bacau, Romania) earned two honors Thursday and teammate Carl Reid had an honor for the seventh time from the New England Small College Athletic Conference.

Murad earned his third All-NESCAC honor and his first for singles play by making the first team. He also was selected as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Region Most Improved Senior.

Reid, with more than 100 career victories for the Mules, was named to the second team for singles to garner his seventh All-NESCAC honor in his four years. He has earned four All-NESCAC singles honors (two first team, two second), two doubles (both second team), and was the NESCAC Rookie of the Year in 2014.

Murad, who is heading to the NCAA Division III Championships from May 25-27 in Tennessee, is 17-4 in singles play and finished 17-6 in doubles this season. He has a career record of 94-44 (44-21 singles, 50-23 doubles).

Reid is the first Colby men's player to go over 100 career wins and finished up at 107-44. He was 56-18 in singles and 51-26 in doubles. Reid was 14-4 in singles and 17-4 with Murad in doubles.

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Colby College senior Vlad Murad will be tested by a talented first-year player from the University of Chicago when the NCAA Men's Tennis Individual Championships start Thursday.

Murad will play Erik Kerrigan at 11 a.m. at the The Champions Tennis Club in Chattanooga, Tenn., in an opening round match. A victory for Murad gets him to the round of 16 and clinches an All-American honor. The winner moves on to play either seventh-seeded Kai Yuen Leung of Skidmore College or Emory University's Jonathan Jemison at 2:30 p.m. Thursday.

Murad, playing singles at the NCAA tourney for the first time, has doubles experience at nationals.

Murad has played well at the end of the season, taking a 6-4, 6-2 win over NCAA participant Luke Tercek of Bowdoin College. Murad has even been impressive in defeat, falling 6-4, 6-4 to NCAA top-seeded Lubomir Cuba of Middlebury College.

Murad is 17-4 in singles play and finished the year 17-6 in doubles. He has 94 career wins for the Mules at 44-21 in singles and 50-23 in doubles.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Men's tennis player Vlad Murad (Bacau, Romania) became the first Colby College student-athlete to earn the Elite 90 Award from the NCAA for academic achievement.

Murad, who is at the NCAA Division III Individual Championships, has the highest cumulative grade point average of all the men's tennis players competing at nationals Thursday to Saturday. He was given the award at Wednesday night's banquet before the opening day of play.

Murad, a math and computer science double major, walked away with two awards Wednesday. He also was honored with the National Most Improved Senior Award, given out by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). Murad had already earned the Most Improved Senior Award for the Northeast Region.

The NCAA started the Elite 90 honor for the 2009-10 academic year for the student-athlete with the highest grade point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 90 championships. Murad is just the 15th NESCAC athlete to earn the award.